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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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Hi Ricardo,

On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 11:12, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

If I understand correctly, you are proposing this sugar:

1.
>    process list-file-template (with filename)

2.
>    process list-file-template
>      with filename

3.
>    process list-file-template : with filename


The 1. and 2. appear to me nicer that the 3..

As I said, I am not a fan of colon ':' extra space.
And it is counterintuitive with plain regular English: the rule is
"word: space" and not "word space : space".
(Note that it is not the case in French where the rule is "word
half-space : space".)


Cheers,
simon